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<td class="v">13:1</td>
<td>Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.</td>
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<td class="v">13:2</td>
<td>Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.</td>
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<td class="v">13:3</td>
<td>For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to the evil. Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power? do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same:</td>
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<td class="v">13:4</td>
<td>For he is the minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.</td>
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<td class="v">13:5</td>
<td>Wherefore ye must needs be subject, not only for wrath, but also for conscience sake.</td>
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<td class="v">13:6</td>
<td>For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.</td>
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<td class="v">13:7</td>
<td>Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour.</td>
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<td class="v">13:8</td>
<td>Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law.</td>
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<td class="v">13:9</td>
<td>For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.</td>
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<td class="v">13:10</td>
<td>Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.</td>
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<td class="v">13:11</td>
<td>And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.</td>
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<td class="v">13:12</td>
<td>The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.</td>
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<td class="v">13:13</td>
<td>Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.</td>
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<td class="v">13:14</td>
<td>But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.</td>
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